Peteman990
03-20-2009, 04:48 PM
I am trying to connect my Macbook Pro to an external Creative USB sound card - http://www.soundblaster.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=208&product=17751&nav=1. And from the external sound card directly into my home theater Yamaha receiver. Hopefully retaining the digital signal all the way to the receiver to get Dolby Digital 5.1 sound.
Currently, I have a minitoslink to toslink cable running from my digital headphone out jack on my MBP to a toslink connection on my receiver. This warrants me sound but does not give any surround sound and does not work for gaming which is why I am going to buy this external usb sound card if all goes well.
I was thinking judging by the connections on the back of the Creative USB card that I could connect a mini jack cable from my digital out on the MBP into the headphone in jack on the sound card. And from there just connect a toslink from the sound card to my receiver and get sound that way.
This is what I am super confused about. Would this work to get digital sound all the way through? If not, is there any way that I could make the connections from MBP--->usb sound card--->yamaha receiver?
Here is a link to the connections on the macbook pro if that would be of any help! - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1596 -
Thanks!! :)
Currently, I have a minitoslink to toslink cable running from my digital headphone out jack on my MBP to a toslink connection on my receiver. This warrants me sound but does not give any surround sound and does not work for gaming which is why I am going to buy this external usb sound card if all goes well.
I was thinking judging by the connections on the back of the Creative USB card that I could connect a mini jack cable from my digital out on the MBP into the headphone in jack on the sound card. And from there just connect a toslink from the sound card to my receiver and get sound that way.
This is what I am super confused about. Would this work to get digital sound all the way through? If not, is there any way that I could make the connections from MBP--->usb sound card--->yamaha receiver?
Here is a link to the connections on the macbook pro if that would be of any help! - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1596 -
Thanks!! :)